Woman with flu-like symptoms dies on Via train

An elderly  woman has been found dead on the transcontinental  Via Rail passenger train. Her body was discovered Saturday morning when the Vancouver-to-Toronto train stopped near Parry Sound because four passengers were showing flu-like symptoms. Emergency crews boarded the train and confirmed that a woman who Via Rail described in a news release as elderly had died. The other three passengers were taken to hospital for treatment, according to the news release.